Personalized Health Information Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 20, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide financial incentives for the use of interactive qualifying personal health records by Medicare and other patients and their health care providers in order to: (1) provide patients (or their authorized representatives) access to and control over their personal health data and information and educational information; (2) make available to authorized health care providers a more accurate minimum data set of patient information at all points of care; and (3) accomplish other specified objectives.
Requires that under the program each qualified physician receive an incentive payment for each qualifying patient.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish online a list of qualifying physicians who participate in Medicare and have received such payments; and (2) take steps to educate Medicare beneficiaries and providers and other patients about the benefits of qualifying personal health records.
Sets forth requirements for a qualified web-based personal health record, including that such record: (1) is controlled solely by the patient; (2) meets minimum security standards; (3) is capable of exchanging standards-based clinical and patient data with other health data sources and users; (4) is capable of sending patient-specific patient education, reminders, and clinical messages to the patient; and (5) is capable of providing de-identified data for public health analysis and research purposes.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) set minimum security, privacy, and data use standards for such health records; (2) establish a consumer protection board to recommend standards and procedures to the Secretary; and (3) establish a PHR Incentive Fund to make incentive payments. Authorizes such Fund to accept contributions from: (1) the Secretary for Medicare beneficiaries; (2) drug manufacturers for messages regarding medical adherence programs; and (3) other Fund partners.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2007 to Apr 17, 2007, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | Apr 17, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 8, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2007Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Case management
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Consumer education
- Consumer protection
- Data banks
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Internet
- Law
- Marketing
- Medical fees
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medicare
- Patients' rights
- Physicians
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Standards
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in House
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